Theodore Edward (Theodor Edvard) Cantor (1809–1860) was a
Danish physician,
zoologist and
botanist.[1] He described several new species of
reptiles and
amphibians, and six species have been named in his honor.
^Natural history publications arising from Theodore Cantor’s visit to Chusan, China, in 1840, Archives of Natural History 43.1 (2016): 30–40 Edinburgh University Press, I. M. TURNER, page 36
^San Francisco Aquarium Society (1954).
Aquarium Journal (in Latin). San Francisco Aquarium Society. p. 30. Retrieved 10 June 2019. In his book, Malayan Fishes, Cantor describes and illustrates the imported Siamese fighting fishes he had seen in ... Anyway, he named a new species, called Macropodus pugnax Cantor, based on his Penang specimens, and said the ...
^Raffles Museum and Library; National Museum (Singapore) (1956).
Bulletin of the Raffles Museum. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum. p. 183. Retrieved 10 June 2019. His descriptions constitute not only the first published records of Malayan fresh-water fishes but also include a new species, Macropodus pugnax Cantor. Cantor's collections, which consist partly of skins and partly of spirit specimens, were ...
^Freshwater and Marine Aquarium. R/C Modeler Corporation. 2003. p. 50. Retrieved 10 June 2019. The fighting Betta appeared as early as Cantor's 1 849 Catalog of Malayan Fishes where it was recognized (with illustrations) as different but a variant from the Macropodus pugnax with which it was grouped.
^Akonda, A.W.; Khan, M.A.; Khan, S.M.M.H.; Haque, M.N.; Khan, M.M.H.; Ahmed, R.; Ameen, M.; Islam, M.A.; Joarder, N.B.; Nishat, A. (2000).
Red book of threatened mammals of Bangladesh. IUCN Bangladesh. p. 29.
ISBN9789847460048. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
^Academy of Zoology (India) (1984).
The Annals of Zoology. Academy of Zoology. p. 314. Retrieved 10 June 2019.